20 Impressive Australian Homes That Bring the Outdoors In

At the edge of Royal National Park in the beachside hamlet of Bundeena, architect Hannah Tribe designed her family’s 540-square-foot holiday home using prefab technologies. The minimalist, timber-clad exterior nods to local vernacular, keeping with fishing cottages prevalent in the region that stand in large gardens with their rectilinear forms. Passive heating and cooling are achieved through the thermal mass of the concrete slab that supports the modular frame—and by siting the house to allow breezes to flow through its floor-to-ceiling sliders.